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Tax relief is in sight Reforms to provide middle-income earners a break next year The Inner Cabinet yesterday approved the Finance Ministry's tax reform plan which will lift the tax-free threshold by 1,000 euros and provide relief for middle-income earners over the next three years.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Gov’t plan to integrate immigrants

A new government program has been designed to facilitate the social integration of hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in Greece...

Drought looming for Greece

Greece is in danger of suffering a severe and prolonged drought during the next 50 years if current practices are not changed...

Drug threat keeps growing

Greece is one of the European countries where drug use is on the rise and the number of drug-related deaths in the country has reached...

Next stop Lavrion for railway

A number of measures to entice the residents of the fast-growing neighborhoods east of Athens onto public transport were unveiled...

President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus...

President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus and his wife are pictured...

Kiosk owner printed forged bus tickets

A kiosk owner was arrested in Kavala, northern Greece, after she was caught producing and selling forged bus tickets...

IN BRIEF

Dora Bakoyannis warns Finns of 'dead end' over reunification talks : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis yesterday warned Finland...

Deputy minister says investment in energy sector poised to take off : Deregulation of the energy sector is expected to draw...

Pakistani community leader bailed : The head of the Pakistani Unity Organization in Athens, Javed Aslam, was released...

OTE slip : OTE telecom said yesterday that due to a technical problem...

Cyprus arrest : A Greek-Cypriot student was arrested in Nicosia yesterday...

Hospital strike : State hospitals across the country are to operate on emergency staff...

Vyronas violence : Rival groups of soccer fans are believed to have been responsible...

Phone antennas : The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) will launch...

Abusive babysitter? : A 37-year-old Chinese woman who had been hired as a babysitter...


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Truckers lined up...
EDITORIAL

Who controls the ports? Talk about privatizing the port of Piraeus is pointless. It's pointless because no one is really pressing for its privatization. Serious problems continue to dog container loading but these can be overcome by assigning the task to companies that have the necessary know-how. Also, any talk lacks meaning because container loading is already in private hands. Some 350 port entrepreneurs, who pass for port workers, currently control the country's biggest port.

COMMENTARY

Uncontrolled factors New Democracy enjoys a steady lead in all opinion polls. That does not guarantee them any victory at the next elections but definitely gives the conservatives a strong advantage over their Socialist rivals. History shows that in the final stretch, the ruling party uses its power as a government to reinforce its position. That particularly applies to the Costas Karamanlis administration, which has avoided any controversial moves that could result in political costs.

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